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Do you have what it takes to be a researcher?

2019-11-04 00:00:002019-11-04 00:00:00https://idronline.orgIndia Development ReviewDo you have what it takes to be a researcher?

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Research can sometimes be tedious, if not outright unpleasant. But the process can often be quite humorous as well.

1. Frame the question

If you’re lucky enough to frame the research questions yourself (and they aren’t handed over to you by your donor), spend an inordinate amount of time on framing every trivial and non-trivial question.

About the author

Subash Surendran Padmaja is an agricultural economics scientist with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research. He has been involved in household level survey-based research in India and Nepal, and started his career as a researcher with International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).

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